Legal Opinion
Eaton v. Grubbs
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 1, 1964No. 9058PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.
The sole issue raised by this appeal is whether the State of North Carolina or the federal Government, or both, have become so involved in the conduct of the James Walker Memorial Hospital in Wilmington, North Carolina, that its activities are also the activities of these governments and performed under their aegis. If the answer is in the affirmative the mandate of the law is clear that the hospital may not discriminate on racial lines.
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Three Negro physicians and two of their patients brought this class action to enjoin the James Walker Memorial Hospital and its…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Burton v. Wilmington Parking AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Simkins v. Moses H. Cone Memorial HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- Frank Hampton v. City of Jacksonville, FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- City of Charlotte v. HeathSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1946
- Board of Managers of the James Walker Memorial Hospital v. City of WilmingtonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1953
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3Cited by56 opinions
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- Lake v. ArnoldCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1997
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- Lake v. ArnoldCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1997
- Utah Gospel Mission v. Salt Lake City Corp.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2005
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